SOLIDARITY BUDGET

Relief for businesses is limited by design

Naming construction as a badly-hit industry, Liew Li Mei, tax partner and international tax leader at Deloitte, says the government "could also look into subsidising all or a portion of the workers' accommodation costs during the month".

7 Apr 2020 - 05:50

Singapore

THE latest relief measures on foreign worker levies and rents are meant as a targeted buffer during enforced business closures this month, analysts told The Business Times.

But even with April's "circuit breaker" set to expire on May 4, some called for aid to be extended